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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-19
BAXTER & MCGOWAN.

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II stock Farm. ''Swan Meadow" iniles from OAK
land Garrett County, Md, miles from Deer Park
and Mountain Lake Park 500 acres under fence and
-uu res on me oak timber This Iudouhtedly
OF the best watered stock farms The bud
iiHs consist Of a good frame mansion house. lnrsre
house. and other Outbuildines Price sl2 30 pr rre,
$500 cash; balance at the pleasure Of purchaser
VIII exchange for table city Residence.
Jy16-3t. 20 lie nroit BuiIdinx.
ISoR RENT-OR LEAsE-FURNIsIED-A HAND-
some Country Seat. IN miles from city. Sol.
bath room. PANTRY cellar, and cosets: furnace open
hreplaces fine shade and water. grape vineyard and
othef ifuits AN abundance OF tables, carriage
horses and chickens; very reasonable TO A NJ lsle
partSfor one or more Years. Address Box 100, Star
Office ,yi6-3t'
lNOR SALE-AT COLONIAL BEACH-HANDsoME
n ten-room Cottage, with beautiful grounds: Q
great bargain, splendid bathing, Grabbing and shins
WALKER a WILSON.
Nio-Ew looo + ST.
II Gen Hickey, on Bladensburg Pike. 5 miles FROM
Tie capitol LARGE brick mansion. all necessary ous.
buildings fruit IN abundance hue water.
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LrpR sALEoR EXCHANGE-A VERY DESIRABLE
- Dairy or Stock Farm. 40 acres; buildings. &c;
scres arabic lays beauiiiuliy ony s4o per acre;
je251m n. A. PHILLIPS. l42s New York ave-
LoR sALE-535 ACRES OF LAND. FRONTING
y on both sides Conduit Road, streichiaH from
Broo Ike Park Hotel TO Cabin John bridge and fronting
houses. Price. $4,000; one-haf CASH Lslaice one
,raoom JOHN E. BEALLa
IrcR sALE-sIXTY CHOICE Sci FcTIoys or
Il snall homes OF from ten acres; iuproyed
and unlmpruved within from one-half mile q, trse
g send Tor d srfHE saf' ca
IOoI 81 1ell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-19
MONEY TO LOAN.

q N nAn TO LOAN IN SUMS OF $1,000
S4U,VUV and upward on city property:
JNO. BOWLES CO.,
jy6-2w 1221 F ct.
MONEY TO LOAN GIN ANY AMOUNT) ON AP-
AL proved real estate situate within the District Of
Columbus low rates Of interest charged and delay
when security Is ample. FRANCIS b. MUFUN,
Real Estate and Loans
JelS-lm 1881 F st. NV.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-19

"ANTED-A GOOD, SETTLED WHITE WOMAN
w to take charge of large dining room Must
have reliable reference. Address SURETY Star
Office jy6-1m
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
Beauty in q hicrning Gown.

Mrs Langtry is. she grows older, Just
little inclined to embonpoiut. contamination
she breads. and her corsets are made just now
with extra care to conceal the tendency She
has measured her waist. just many cent?
meters, and her corsets are always laced to come
within that measurement every time she puts
them She looks very charming 10 her
morning neglige. which consists of a slate-eray
Chinese robe of China silk. lined with white
crepe Il is embroidered heavily with gold
and has the hanging square sleeves and broad
gir6le of the Chinese woman's earb She wears
a little white and gold kerchief folded about her
throat. and over this laps the robe showing a
little of the white beneath. She sticks pearl
tipped dagger-pin in the breast of the dress,
twists her hair in a loose knot top Of her head
and impalss it with q golden shaft tipped like
the pin in her bosom. In it she does not look q
day over twenty-five
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BABIES.
How Dealers in Infant Outfits Learn Where
and When to Send Their Advertisements.

II wish You would tell me something" said
sad-eyed young man to q Journal reporter few
days ago. 'You know 1 am married. and we
have had two babies at our house-not both at
once, of course, you understand-and both times.
In a week two after we were completely over
whelmed with circulars. Why, you never saw
the like of it. There were advertisements of
bottles, rattles, Jumpers, carriages, teething-
rings and a whole lot of other things that you
wouldn't understand about"
'.Well2'
swell, what I want to know is how it hap
pens"
'.People that have that sort Of things to sell
probably send them to you to induce you to buy
their goods"
''May be they do, but how do they KIN ow about
mel"
sect your name out of the direc tory"
81 don't mean that. How do they kno W when
to send all this Stuff
"Oh. see. Every week in two or three of
the papers you will ind list of all the births,
deaths and marriages of the past week. made
up from the official records There is State
law requiring all ph ysicians and accoucheurs, or
householders in case neither of them be in at
tendance, to report all births and deaths to the
Board of Health"
The youne man gave a sigh of relief and OBJ
served 'That's ALL is it2 / did MT know but
that some of the boys setting up job on
met"
Men of all professions are constantly receiving
circulars from people that they never heard of
before, and the methods by which their ad-
dresses are obtained equally simple. For
several professions there are national directories
r. l.. Polk d Co publish Medical and Surgi-
cal Directory of the United States giving the
name and address of every legal practitioner of
any school. They also publish Architects,
Builders and Carpenters Directory of the
United States that gives the name and address
of every architect, builder, contractor carpenter
and mason in the country who does business for
himself Journeymen, OF course are not given
It also includes classified directory OF furn-
ishers of building supplies of every IMAGINABLE
description. The bankers all listed in the
Bankers Almanac. Partial lists of attorneys
to be found in Hubbells and other legal
directories Aside from these special directories
there is State directory for every State in the
Union, which has classified lists of business men
of every kind throughout the State, and adyer-
tisers easily make their lists from them,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
Anpostura Bitters

Were prepared by DR. J. @. B. Sieeerr for his
his private use. Their reputation is such to-day
that they have become generally known as the
best appetizng tonic. Beware of counterfeits
Ask your grocer druggist for the genuine
ticle, manufactured by Dr. j. g. B. Slegert &
Sons.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
Chicago Inter-ocean.

1t is more than two years since
Lenox Maxwell, alias Hugh ii.
Brooks, murdered Charles Arthur
Preiler at the Southern hotel, in st.
Louis. The method of the murder
and of the disposal of the corpse
were unusually barbarous, the mo-
tive of the crime was most sordid,
its circumstances involved treach-
cry with cruelty and hypocrisy with
thuggism.
Some of the best policy work on
record was done in the direction
and capture of the murderer. He
had eight days start of the law, for
Preller was killed on the 9th day of
April and his body was not discov-
cred until the 18th. Meanwhile
Brooks, or Maxwell, whichever his
name may be, was on the high sea,
bound for New leland. The tele-
gram was quicker than the steam
ship and he was arrested before he
reached shore. Then there was a
trial, in which detective skill tri-
umphcd over the best efforts of
counsel for the defence.
The murder was clearly proven,
and Maxwell, or Brooks, was clear
ly proven to be the murderer. All
that was more than two years ago.
The murderer is unhung as yet.
His comment on the verdict was /:
IL shall have two years Of good
living in Jail, at the least, before the
supreme court reaches my case, and
if it confirms the verdict, there will
still be the United States court to
try" Neither he nor his lawyers
had much hope Of reversal by the
supreme court delay and the chap
ter of accidents were their friends.
The supreme court of Missouri has
now confirmed the st. Louis jury's
verdict, and there is to be an effort
to get the case to the United States
supreme court.
All this is as much against pub
lie policy and public morality as
anything can be. Appeals in muir
der cases have been adjudicated so
often that it is impossible for even
the acutest legal mind to conceive
of a new point to raise. The books
bristle with decided appeals in
murder. Surely some appellate
court of circuit judges might sit as
quickly in the United States as in
England or in Canada or in any
other civilized country for the re-
vision CT appealed criminal cases.
Cicero complained bitterly, I'VE
suffer the twenty-hfth day of delay
to blunt the edge Of our decision"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
HEDGING ON THE DEMON.
Boston Herald.

Every day brought its evidence
of the need of his work in Africa
AS he came toward the end of a
long downward slope he observed
his carriers looking fertively at the
side of the path, and presently one
of them picked up a stone. The
other did the same'thing, and while
the bishop was wondering what
they wanted of the stones, he saw
them throw their missiles aside.
The men had added the stones to a
high, irregular heap of similar
stones that stood by the path. To
the bishop this had no significance
whatever; there was apparently no
use for the pile, either as land
mark or an ornament. He ques-
toned one Of the carriers about it..
The fellow hung his head sheep
ishly.
'..At this point" he said, "we en-
ter a stretch of country that lying
low between the hills us it does, has
often been exceedingly dangerous
TO all kinds of travellers. Fierce
animals dwell here, and the legend
throughout all the land is that they
are the slaves of a wicked demon
who dwells in the dark thicket
The animals are not TO be feared
unless the demon bids them work,
whereupon they rush out and de-
stroy whoever may be passing. For
many years-hundreds, it is said
the people have been accustomed
to defeat the demon by building up
the stone heap. 1t is a powerful
fetish, before which the demon can
not avail"
But" exclaimed the bishop,
surely you have lived among the
white men and have learned of them
about the true God you know bet
ter than this. Do you not under
stand that miserable stone heap
is worthless against wild animals
and that there is no demon to be
feared in the thicket?"
"Ah," replied the African, 81 have
heard of such things from the white
men at the coast. but who knows
that their God ever comes as near
as this? The demon may dwell in
the thicket, after all, and it is as
well to be on the safe side. Your
God cannot take ofIense at that"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
How a Steeple-Ciimber ESCAPED.

One of the noted characters of
Cincinnati, the steeple.climber," !"
died Thursday night at his home,
No. 20 Bank street. His name in
full was Joseph Rodriguez Weston,
and nearly thirty years he has been
climbing steeples in this city. No
point was too high and dizzy for him
10 reach and maintain his steady
foothold. Of late years he would
undertake only those difficult feats
that appalled, others. 1t was his
pardonable boast that he could 90
as high or higher than any other
man. There are many stories of
his hazardous exploits in this city
The most notable, probably, was
the draping of the cathedral on
the night following Archbishop
Purcell's death. On the gound be-
low were 5000 or 1000 people Gag
erly watching for a glance at the
daring man as the lightning flashes
revealed him on the dizzy hight.
Weston, when only II years Of
age, had placed the tip on the same
steeple. Another fact that was
talked about at the time was on
the night of July 3, 1876. Weston
climbed the spire of the Presbyte-
rian church on Fourth street, the
tallest i'll the city, and nailed fast
the stars and stripes, 2S5 feet from
the ground. 1t was on this occG-
sion that he had a narrow escape.
Weston had obtained from Michle,
the jeweler, a heavy gold chain.
the links of which were all solid.
His chain, when he was falling,
held him for a brief moment, dur
ing which the climber succeeded in
regaining his hold.-Cin. Enquirer
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
THE DOLLAR.

Our word dollar dates back to
1875, when resolution was passed
by congress which provided that it
should be the unit of money of the
United States. Another resolution
was passed in 1885, August >, pro-
viding that it should weigh 375.64
grains of pure silver The mint
was established 1892, and was then
required to in silver dollars con-
tanning 371.25 grains of pure silver.
This was due to the influence of
Alexander Hamilton. No dollars
were coined until 1874, and then
irregular. They are now worth
800 each. In 1874 the coinage of
regular dollars began. Our coin
was an adaptation of the Spanish
milled dollar, a coin very popular
wherever the Spaniards travelled.
The coin was called "piastre,"
meaning a flat piece of metal; it is
synonymous with plaster. 1t is
supposed that the Spaniards took
the German ''thaler," and called it
by the name of ''piastre.' The
word dollar is entered in Bal ey's
English Dictionary of 1745, and
was used repeatedly by Shakes
peare at the beginning of the sew
enteenth century, especially in
Macbeth ii y, 81: "Till she dis
bursed 4 Il ten thousand dol
lars to our general use" (See also
the Tempest, ii: !, ~. The ques-
ton where Shakespeare found the
word dollar is answered by the fact
that the Hanseatic towns main
tained a great establishment called
the Steel Yard in London. The
Steel Yard merchants were mostly
North Germans, who would call
the German thalcr, as if it was
spelt "dah-ler." These same mer-
chants occasioned the word steri-
ing, an abbreviation of the word
"esterling." As the Hanseatic
trade was particularly brisk on the
Baltic and i'll Russia, the standard
coins of the Hanse merchants were
called sterlings, and sterling came
to mean something genuine and
desirable. The word dollar is the
English for thaler, the first of which
was coined about 1886, and cores
ponds quite closely to our present
American silver dollars. The word
thaler means coming from a dale
or valley" the first dollars having
been coined in Bohemian valley
called Foachimsthal. 1t was under
Charles Y, the emperor of Germa-
ny, king Of Spain and lord of
Spanish America, that the German
thaler became the coin of the world.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
Winning a Wife in Singapore.

The damsel in Singapore is given
a canoe and double-bladed
paddle and allowed to start of some
distance. The suitor, similarly
equipped, starts off in chase. If
he succeeds in overtaking her she
becomes his; if not the match is
broken off. 1t is seldom that OBJ
lection is offered at the last mo-
ment, and the race is generally a
short one. The maiden's arms are
strong, but her heart is soft and her
nature is warm, she soon becomes
a willing captive. If the marriage
takes place where no stream is near,
a round circle certain size is form
ed the damsel is stripped of all but
a waistband, and given half the cir
cle's start, and if she succeeds in
running three times around before
her suitor comes up with her, she
is entitled to remain virgin; II
not, she must consent to the bonds
of matrimony. AS in the other
cases, but few outstrip their lovers.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
TASTING WHISKY.
An Art that Requires Absolute Tenn
,perance.
Chicago Herald.

"When you hear people talk
about this whisky or that being
good" said an agent of wholesale
liquor house, ''you can say to your
self that the man who drinks and
smacks his lips knows nothing at
all about it. Telling good whisky
from bad is an art which few people
acquire. / buy thousands of bar
els Of whisky every year, and as l
buy on my own judgment, it is not
conceited in me to say that l know
something about the business In
the first place, no man can be a
judge of whisky who drinks it.
For two years l have tasted whisky
dozens of times a day, but in all
that time l have not drank as much
as gill. A glass of whisky day
would destroy my usefulness.
Drinking the liquor blunts the fine
sense of taste a whisky expert must
possess, and absolate temperance
is the first essential. More than
that, a man must have fine natural
taste to begin with, and must be
careful what he eats or drinks. |
can't eat onions, or cheese, or drink
beer or even soda-water or any
highly spiced food, and retain tina:
keen taste on which I'd be willing
to base an order for 80 or 100 bar
rels of whisky. When l started in
this business | spent three months
educating my taste, going to the
cellar three times daily and smell
ing of 80 casks of whisky of diff
ferent brands. At the end of that
period | was taken blindfolded into
that cellar, and as they rolled the
barrels up to me | told them every
brand simply through my olfacto-
ries. Reputation is everything in
the whisky business. There are in
the trade about 1000 brands, with
about forty brands in the lead as
the generally popular goods. / can
tell every one OF these by taste or
smell just as surely as if | were
reading the brands on the ends Of
the casks. The professional whis
ky-taster always dilutes the liquor
with water, and sometimes he heats
the water and whisky together af-
ter mixing. His taste is almost in
fallible, and it is next to impossible
to fool him. The men who guzzle
liquor may be able to tell highway
goods from that which is rank and
raw, but that is about all they can
do. Whisky regulations are made
or marred by the professional tast-
ers, and it is on their Judgment and
dictum that the trade is carried Oh.
AS you may imagine, man with q
good mouth for whisky is likely to
find his taste a source of satisiac-
tory profit to himself.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13

The KEYSTONE has long been acknOvi-
edged to be the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav.
ing nothing undone To present It's readers
complete synopsis of all mining news and
importance in the growth OF kctchum. the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant 10 the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it. and let your friends
read what may benefit them
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
Tne stereoscopc E1a1e Useful.

The beautiful optical instrument
called the stereoscope, by which
two pictures taken from slightly diff
ferent standpoints are made to
blend into one image, has hitherto
been regarded merely as pleasant
manner Of examining photographs,
and, most unaccountably, it seems
TO have gone completely out of
fashion According to French
paper, it is made to fulfil a very
useful office at the Bank of France,
it being employed there for the de-
lection of spurious bank notes.
For this purpose, a genuine note is
placed side by side with the sus-
pected one inside the instrument,
and when the two images are SUI
perposed, the slightest difference
between them becomes at once evi-
dent. 1t is said that a forged note
which appears perfect to the unaid-
ed eye cannot bear this steroscopic
test.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
WORKING CLASSES A11EN1IoN!

r;.l are now prepared to furnish all classes
M, ;an employment al home. the whole of the
now Dr Tor their spare moments. Business
ser ogt mght and profitable. Persons of either
nesasiiy earn from 50 cents to $500 per
inc IIs; 81, and proportional sum by devot-
pirls "'i .ieir time TO the business. Bows and
Who san a'n nearly as much as men, That all
test ,ie Ilis may send their address, and
such .e a' business. We make this offer. To
one danafe al are not well satisfied we will eend
Fun llraf nsr,io 70 pay for the trouble of writing.
Crpasi pas,ieolars S and outfit free, Address
<sE s1ISsoy & Co., Portland Maine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
", IDAHO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1887.

What would the great jurist say to
a two years delay bunting the
edge of the decision in the Brooks
case, or to an approximate delay in
the execution of a legal decision in
the case of the seven anarchists,
long since convicted of murder?
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
Courtship in the Carolinas.

Go home at a reasonable hour in
the evening. Don't wait until the
girl.has to throw her whole soul
into a yawn that she can't cover
with both hands. "A little thing
like that may cause a coolness at
the very beginning of the game.
If you sit down on some molasses
candy that Willie has left on the
chair, while wearing your new sum-
mer trousers for the first time,
smile sweetly and remark that you
don't mind sitting OH molasses
candy at all, and that "boys will
be boys. Reserve your true feel
ings for future reference.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-08-13
Garget in Cows.

The annoying disorder of garget
is otter caused by the cows not be-
ing clcanly milked and at other
times by the newly born calf being
two weak to draw all biestings for
several days. The best remedy is
vinegar and sweet oil made as hot
as can be comfortably borne by
the fingers. This is to be we'll rub
bed over the udder and teats, the
rubbing being the most efficient
part of the remedy. The use of
turpentine, arnica or alcohol is too
severe and have a tendency to pain
the animal and injure the udder.
D...o- ho ot the end of n feast